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BILLIARD CUE AND TIP.

No. 390,860. Patented 0013-. 9, 1888.

BY W ATT'YS.

UNiTEn STATES PATENT. GFFICE.

FRANKLIN P. HULL, OF BELLEVILLE, NE\V JERSEY.

BILLIARD CUE AND.TIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 390,860, dated Gotober9, 1888.

Application filed November 7, H87. Serial No. 254,487.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN P. HULL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Belleville, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BilliardCues and Tips; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

In said drawings,Figure 1 isa side elevation of a portion of a onehaving the tip applied. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of theend of the cue, showing aside elevation of the tip removed. Fig. 3 is anouter end view of the tip. Fig. l is an inner end view of the tip. Fig.5 is an outer end view of the cue. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of thecollar.

'Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures where they occur.

A is a deep cylindrical socket formed in the end of the one.

I) is a screw having a pointed end,-b, which is inserted in the wood ofthe tip back of the bottom of the socket. The screw bis provided with anoffset or shoulder, [2 where the screw portion meets the reduced portionof the screw. The screw b extends nearly to the mouth of the socket. Arubber or other elastic collar, 0', (shown in black in Fig. 2,) isinserted in (No model.)

the bottom of the socket, and the pointed end I) otscrew 1) passesthrough it, and the shoulder b rests upon it when the screw is driveninto place.

G is a collar or shoulder of any suitable material, which surrounds thebase of the enlarged portion of screw b.

D is the tip, which has a cylindrical extension which is bored andthreaded to engage the screw 1), and is of proper length to till thesocket A'and rest upon the collar 0, so as to bringthe head of the tipagainst the end of the cue.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

Abilliard-cue having the elongated cylindrical socket A, in combinationwith an elastic collar, 0, inserted in the bottom of said socket, ascrew having a reduced pointed end and a shoulder, said pointed endpassing through collar 0 and entering the wood of the one in the bottomof the socket. and said shoulder resting upon said collar C, a collar,0, placed above collar 0 and surrounding the enlarged portion of thescrew, and a tip, D, having a head and a hollow cylindrical portionfitting over the screw 22 and into socket A, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this27th day of October, 1887.

FRANKLIN P. HULL.

Witnesses:

OLIVER DRAKE, O. H. BALDWIN.

